Triage seems overly dramatic. Squirreling away too proactive and everyday. How to describe the stimulating challenge of bringing everyone and everything in out of winter’s way? Did our ancestors read the skies and feel the press and know to scurry?
Our team, like all sorts of folks who work outside, triangulated weather apps during lunch. Déjà vu! (SnowVember 2018)
On the one hand last year’s early and sudden onset winter gave us a bit of a template and we sorted, sifted and selected from our fall prep lists. It seemed though with each day the predictions intensified and actual temps seemed to clock in below the predicted.
Poor Darienne! Friday’s pro-active greens harvest aimed to trim lush high tunnel greens which might not be able to handle predicted low temps. Monday morning, with temps predicted to plummet much further, she and Christina diligently headed back to cut more. These plants can typically handle winter but often temps step down instead of dive. So many decisions!
With the beets, Brussels and carrots it was much more straight forward. Haul them in! As for livestock, we wish they were still enjoying the stimulation of pasture, scattering fertility, but they and we are much better off with them in winter positions.
The best things about farming besides eating well and meeting great folks are that we are close with the elements and we sleep very well!
